In Other News: Mom sentenced for killing son, 2; man arrested for calling 911

Published 1:33 pm Saturday, October 5, 2019

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Canadian man trying to rest calls 911 to complain about Amber Alert

A 70-year-old man in Canada was arrested this week after complaining to police about receiving an Amber Alert on his phone. Douglas Bagshaw was taken into custody on a mischief charge after calling 911 on Tuesday to say he was upset about the alert on his phone because he was trying to rest, CTV News reports. He was accused of purposely tying up emergency lines, Hamilton police said Thursday. “Simply put, he was angry about receiving the Amber Alert on his phone because he was trying to rest,” Detective Sgt. Lisa Chambers said, according to CBC. — Fox News

Never thought this could happen:’ Air Force veteran wins $4M in Tennessee lottery

A retired Air Force veteran won the lottery in his home state of Tennessee after buying a $2 scratch-off ticket. Eddie Glasco, now a bluegrass musician living in the city of Columbia, took home the $4 million prize after winning the Tennessee Education Lottery’s “Jumbo Bucks 300X.” “So many things are running through my mind,” Glasco said a statement. “We’ve been blessed,” Glasco said to his wife, who joined him in Nashville to claim the prize. “I never thought something like this could happen to me.” Glasco says he intends to pay off his house, but doesn’t know what else he will do with his newfound fortune. — Fox News

Kansas mom sentenced to prison in death of son, 2, who refused to eat hot dog

A Kansas woman who says she “lost it” when her 2-year-old son refused to eat a hot dog has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for his beating death. Little Anthony “Tony” Bunn died a horrible death in May 2018, authorities said. Tony’s grandmother Nancy Woolheater told the judge she hopes her daughter gets help in prison. “If he was here, I think the only question he would have for you is, ‘Why?’” the grandmother said, according to the paper. “‘Why, mommy? Why didn’t you protect me? Why didn’t you love me enough? I loved you.’” The boy was beaten unconscious and died two days later, the paper reported. — Fox News

Most illegal crossings in 12 years: Border Patrol took 851,000 into custody during fiscal 2019

Border Patrol agents working along the United States-Mexico border took into custody approximately 851,000 people in the U.S. government’s fiscal 2019, marking the highest number of arrests since 2007, according to federal data exclusively obtained by the Washington Examiner. But the 40,000 people taken into custody in September is less than one-third of the 132,000 arrests made in May at the height of a surge of illegal immigrants. Roughly 40,000 people were apprehended after crossing into Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California during September. That number was added to the previous 11 months to bring fiscal 2019, which ran Oct. 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, to slightly more than 851,000 arrests. Those arrested for illegally crossing into the U.S. from Mexico may have claimed asylum once in custody, but that figure is not released by the government each month. — Washington Examiner